Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10032605
MRDS ID	M014214
Record type	Site
Current site name	Gold Prospect
Related records	10176622

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.74964, 44.80819 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virtue Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	009S	040E	1	NE OF SE	Oregon

Comments on the location information

NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.74964, 44.80819	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

GRANODIORITE IS LOCALLY CUT BY THIN QUARTZ SEAMS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Virtue

Comments on the workings information

DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF THREE PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M014214
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410010542

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BROOKS, H.C. AND MC INTYRE, J.R., 1977, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VIRTUE FLAT QUADRANGLE, ODGMI OPEN-FILE GEOL. MAP

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
Reporter	01-JUN-1976	Lee, W.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-APR-1980	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1993	Gray, Jerry J.	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.